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Guest Commentaries:

Ilana L. B. C. Camargo and Michael S. Gilmore

Staphylococcus aureus—Probing for Host Weakness?
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2253-2256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Charlotte D. Majerczyk, Marat R. Sadykov, Thanh T. Luong, Chia Lee, Greg A. Somerville, and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Staphylococcus aureus CodY Negatively Regulates Virulence Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2257-2265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bonggoo Park, Victor Nizet, and George Y. Liu

Role of Staphylococcus aureus Catalase in Niche Competition against Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2275-2278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preeti Malik-Kale, Craig T. Parker, and Michael E. Konkel

Culture of Campylobacter jejuni with Sodium Deoxycholate Induces Virulence Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2286-2297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark A. Schell, Lyla Lipscomb, and David DeShazer

Comparative Genomics and an Insect Model Rapidly Identify Novel Virulence Genes of Burkholderia mallei
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2306-2313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Shengli Dong, Sylvia A. McPherson, Li Tan, Olga N. Chesnokova, Charles L. Turnbough, Jr., and David G. Pritchard

Anthrose Biosynthetic Operon of Bacillus anthracis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2350-2359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Víctor A. García-Angulo, Wanyin Deng, Nikhil A. Thomas, B. Brett Finlay, and Jose L. Puente

Regulation of Expression and Secretion of NleH, a New Non-Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Encoded Effector in Citrobacter rodentium
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2388-2399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir Jakovljevic, Simone Leonardy, Michael Hoppert, and Lotte Søgaard-Andersen

PilB and PilT Are ATPases Acting Antagonistically in Type IV Pilus Function in Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2411-2421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie N. Joslin and David R. Hendrixson

Analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni FlgR Response Regulator Suggests Integration of Diverse Mechanisms To Activate an NtrC-Like Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2422-2433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuxia Dong, Sara R. Palmer, Adnan Hasona, Shushi Nagamori, H. Ronald Kaback, Ross E. Dalbey, and L. Jeannine Brady

Functional Overlap but Lack of Complete Cross-Complementation of Streptococcus mutans and Escherichia coli YidC Orthologs
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2458-2469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline E. Cameron, Janelle M. Y. Kuroiwa, Mitsunori Yamada, Teresa Francescutti, Bo Chi, and Howard K. Kuramitsu

Heterologous Expression of the Treponema pallidum Laminin-Binding Adhesin Tp0751 in the Culturable Spirochete Treponema phagedenis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2565-2571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Carla Risso, Stephen J. Van Dien, Amber Orloff, Derek R. Lovley, and Maddalena V. Coppi

Elucidation of an Alternate Isoleucine Biosynthesis Pathway in Geobacter sulfurreducens
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2266-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susana Alarico, Milton S. da Costa, and Nuno Empadinhas

Molecular and Physiological Role of the Trehalose-Hydrolyzing -Glucosidase from Thermus thermophilus HB27
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2298-2305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Annik Nanchen, Alexander Schicker, Olga Revelles, and Uwe Sauer

Cyclic AMP-Dependent Catabolite Repression Is the Dominant Control Mechanism of Metabolic Fluxes under Glucose Limitation in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2323-2330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Teresa del Castillo, Estrella Duque, and Juan L. Ramos

A Set of Activators and Repressors Control Peripheral Glucose Pathways in Pseudomonas putida To Yield a Common Central Intermediate
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2331-2339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin Heurlier, Melanie J. Thomson, Naveed Aziz, and James W. B. Moir

The Nitric Oxide (NO)-Sensing Repressor NsrR of Neisseria meningitidis Has a Compact Regulon of Genes Involved in NO Synthesis and Detoxification
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2488-2495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Joseph A. Sorg and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Bile Salts and Glycine as Cogerminants for Clostridium difficile Spores
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2505-2512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Britta Walter, Melanie Küspert, Daniel Ansorge, Reinhard Krämer, and Andreas Burkovski

Dissection of Ammonium Uptake Systems in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Mechanism of Action and Energetics of AmtA and AmtB
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2611-2614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Georgeta N. Basturea, Maria D. Bodero, Mario E. Moreno, and George P. Munson

Residues near the Amino Terminus of Rns Are Essential for Positive Autoregulation and DNA Binding
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2279-2285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqueline Abranches, Marcelle M. Nascimento, Lin Zeng, Christopher M. Browngardt, Zezhang T. Wen, Mercedes F. Rivera, and Robert A. Burne

CcpA Regulates Central Metabolism and Virulence Gene Expression in Streptococcus mutans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2340-2349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Paulo A. Zaini, Andréa C. Fogaça, Fernanda G. N. Lupo, Helder I. Nakaya, Ricardo Z. N. Vêncio, and Aline M. da Silva

The Iron Stimulon of Xylella fastidiosa Includes Genes for Type IV Pilus and Colicin V-Like Bacteriocins
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2368-2378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Seyyed I. Husnain and Mark S. Thomas

The UP Element Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Growth Rate-Dependent Control of the Escherichia coli guaB Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2450-2457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Hirokazu Kage, Akiko Takaya, Mai Ohya, and Tomoko Yamamoto

Coordinated Regulation of Expression of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 and Flagellar Type III Secretion Systems by ATP-Dependent ClpXP Protease
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2470-2478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Karr, Kathleen Sandman, Rudi Lurz, and John N. Reeve

TrpY Regulation of trpB2 Transcription in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2637-2641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Alan J. Wolfe, Niyati Parikh, Bruno P. Lima, and Bozena Zemaitaitis

Signal Integration by the Two-Component Signal Transduction Response Regulator CpxR
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2314-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Knut Hamann, Petra Zimmann, and Karlheinz Altendorf

Reduction of Turgor Is Not the Stimulus for the Sensor Kinase KdpD of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2360-2367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Lasaro, J. F. Rodrigues, C. Mathias-Santos, B. E. C. Guth, A. Balan, M. E. Sbrogio-Almeida, and L. C. S. Ferreira

Genetic Diversity of Heat-Labile Toxin Expressed by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Humans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2400-2410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl A. Hassan, Talal Souhani, Ronald A. Skurray, and Melissa H. Brown

Analysis of Tryptophan Residues in the Staphylococcal Multidrug Transporter QacA Reveals Long-Distance Functional Associations of Residues on Opposite Sides of the Membrane
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2441-2449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracey L. Campbell and Eric D. Brown

Genetic Interaction Screens with Ordered Overexpression and Deletion Clone Sets Implicate the Escherichia coli GTPase YjeQ in Late Ribosome Biogenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2537-2545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Aya Iida, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi

Control of Acetic Acid Fermentation by Quorum Sensing via N-Acylhomoserine Lactones in Gluconacetobacter intermedius
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2546-2555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Teymur Kazakov, Gaston H. Vondenhoff, Kirill A. Datsenko, Maria Novikova, Anastasia Metlitskaya, Barry L. Wanner, and Konstantin Severinov

Escherichia coli Peptidase A, B, or N Can Process Translation Inhibitor Microcin C
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2607-2610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guangzhi Xu, Liangyan Wang, Huan Chen, Huiming Lu, Nanjiao Ying, Bing Tian, and Yuejin Hua

RecO Is Essential for DNA Damage Repair in Deinococcus radiodurans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2624-2628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kei Asai, Keisuke Ishiwata, Kunihiko Matsuzaki, and Yoshito Sadaie

A Viable Bacillus subtilis Strain without Functional Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2633-2636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Ho Seong Seo, Robert T. Cartee, David G. Pritchard, and Moon H. Nahm

A New Model of Pneumococcal Lipoteichoic Acid Structure Resolves Biochemical, Biosynthetic, and Serologic Inconsistencies of the Current Model
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2379-2387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Po-Chi Soo, Yu-Tze Horng, Jun-Rong Wei, Jwu-Ching Shu, Chia-Chen Lu, and Hsin-Chih Lai

Regulation of Swarming Motility and flhDC_Sm Expression by RssAB Signaling in Serratia marcescens
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2496-2504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alex Dajkovic, Amit Mukherjee, and Joe Lutkenhaus

Investigation of Regulation of FtsZ Assembly by SulA and Development of a Model for FtsZ Polymerization
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2513-2526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mario J. Borgnia, Sriram Subramaniam, and Jacqueline L. S. Milne

Three-Dimensional Imaging of the Highly Bent Architecture of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus by Using Cryo-Electron Tomography
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2588-2596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ján Sterba, Marie Vancová, Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Tammy-Lynn Tremblay, John F. Kelly, C. Roger MacKenzie, Susan M. Logan, and Libor Grubhoffer

Flagellin and Outer Surface Proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi Are Not Glycosylated
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2619-2623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

María Ángeles Tormo, María Desamparados Ferrer, Elisa Maiques, Carles Úbeda, Laura Selva, Íñigo Lasa, Juan J. Calvete, Richard P. Novick, and José R. Penadés

Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenicity Island DNA Is Packaged in Particles Composed of Phage Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2434-2440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Derek Pickard, Nicholas R. Thomson, Stephen Baker, John Wain, Mercedes Pardo, David Goulding, Nancy Hamlin, Jyoti Choudhary, John Threfall, and Gordon Dougan

Molecular Characterization of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Vi-Typing Bacteriophage E1
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2580-2587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Christine Y. Turenne, Desmond M. Collins, David C. Alexander, and Marcel A. Behr

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and M. avium subsp. avium Are Independently Evolved Pathogenic Clones of a Much Broader Group of M. avium Organisms
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2479-2487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Christopher M. Waters, Wenyun Lu, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, and Bonnie L. Bassler

Quorum Sensing Controls Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae through Modulation of Cyclic Di-GMP Levels and Repression of vpsT
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2527-2536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Cory G. Toyota, Catrine L. Berthold, Arnaud Gruez, Stefán Jónsson, Ylva Lindqvist, Christian Cambillau, and Nigel G. J. Richards

Differential Substrate Specificity and Kinetic Behavior of Escherichia coli YfdW and Oxalobacter formigenes Formyl Coenzyme A Transferase
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2556-2564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Zahra Mashhadi, Hong Zhang, Huimin Xu, and Robert H. White

Identification and Characterization of an Archaeon-Specific Riboflavin Kinase
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2615-2618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyun Sook Lee, Yona Cho, Jung-Hyun Lee, and Sung Gyun Kang

Novel Monofunctional Histidinol-Phosphate Phosphatase of the DDDD Superfamily of Phosphohydrolases
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2629-2632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Eric Pelletier, Annett Kreimeyer, Stéphanie Bocs, Zoé Rouy, Gábor Gyapay, Rakia Chouari, Delphine Rivière, Akila Ganesan, Patrick Daegelen, Abdelghani Sghir, Georges N. Cohen, Claudine Médigue, Jean Weissenbach, and Denis Le Paslier

"Candidatus Cloacamonas Acidaminovorans": Genome Sequence Reconstruction Provides a First Glimpse of a New Bacterial Division
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2572-2579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tim Durfee, Richard Nelson, Schuyler Baldwin, Guy Plunkett, III, Valerie Burland, Bob Mau, Joseph F. Petrosino, Xiang Qin, Donna M. Muzny, Mulu Ayele, Richard A. Gibbs, Bálint Csörgo, György Pósfai, George M. Weinstock, and Frederick R. Blattner

The Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli DH10B: Insights into the Biology of a Laboratory Workhorse
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 2597-2606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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